(I searched it left and right, pretty sure it's not a repeat....)
But who do you believe is the most overpayed player in footy at this moment? It could be related to performance, failed expectations, unrealistic expectations.... Or just a dumb transfer that's been lingering.
Money value is not enough. Explain why a player isn't worth his weight in gold, copper, silver, iron, etc. I'll share mine later....
The subject is pretty much the same as 'most overrated', but hopefully this topic will stay on subject regarding the actual pay that players get, not just how good they are perceived to be.
What?! Ant - good find - 4, 000 pounds for walking on the pitch. That's pants. How great it must feel to be him.
Currently in the Premier League, Lampard is about the highest payed I think. In La Liga, Zlatan Ibracadabra gets lots of wages. In the Serie A.... I don't know. But good thread
Its almost impossible to get public statements of all the top players. Determining who is overpayed is an entirely different story and would with out a doubt be based on opinion. If someone had the time to do all the research they might be able to find out one by one who makes what. Last year is a different story and a simple google search brought up this link.
I can't remember the figures correctly, and even though I admire a certain David Beckham, he must be the most overpayed player in the entire universe...
Robinho.... A cry baby at real madrid and a cry baby at man city always injured and not concistant enough glad to see the back of him hope he stays at santos
Cannot say how these numbers are calculated or how accurate they are, but here is one list of highest paid:
10. John Terry, expected 11 Million Euros 2009 9. Frank Lampard, 13 Million Euros 8. Wayne Rooney, 13 Million Euros 7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 14 Million Euros 6. Kaka, 15 Million 5. Thierry Henry, 17 Million 4. Cristiano Ronaldo, 18 Million Euros 3. Ronaldinho, 19 Million Euros 2. Lionel Messi, 28 Million Euros 1. David Beckham, 32 Million Euros
See, I doubt that's accurate. At least in some respects....
But Becks makes a much more humble salary just from playing than he used to. He makes millions more off all his endorsements, branding, etc. Ronaldo is starting to come into that same kind of extreme additional cash too, now, with Nike. Well.... Actually everybody on that list is either owned by Adidas or Nike.... Or Reebok in the lone case of Thierry Henry. And Terry's Umbros.
But I don't know how that site could get those numbers. It's a guesstimate.
*Edit: You edited my response right out from under me! Haha nice. And the link says that's based on the largest research blah blah.... That's closest to accurate. And that's just what the club pays out, so.... If Becks makes 5 Mill in salary.... DANG!
And here's the rest of that list.... Note some of the "cheaper" players....
I think the breakdown by team and league was interesting.
8: Chelsea 7: ManU 6: Barca 5: Real Madrid 4: Bayern, AC Milan, Liverpool 3: Juventus, Inter, Lyon 1: Arsenal, Newcastle, Man City, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid, Roma
Breakdown by league: 22: Prem 13: La Liga 11: Serie A 4: Bayern 3: Ligue 1
So chelsea has 8 of the highest payed players and united with 7. The premier league just destroys other league with 22 in the top 50
Not long ago, I saw another list, wages only (no publicity revenues) with Messi listed as the n°1, Ronaldo as the n°2, Ibrahimovic as 3 and Kaká as 4. Pretty predictable, but most likely not far from the truth